Typographical linecasting machine galley



y 1962 J. A. ARANYl ETAL 3,042,189

TYPOGRAPHICAL LINECASTING MACHINE GALLEY Filed May 4, 1961 3 Sheets-Sheet 1 E iw L INVENTORS JANOS A. ARANYI COSTAS BLIONAS BY EMANUEL SARFATY AGENT July 3, 1962 J. A. ARANYI ETAL TYPOGRAPHICAL LINECASTING MACHINE GALLEY 3 Sheets-Sheet 2 Filed May 4, 1961 llllllli IN V EN TORS JANOS A. ARANYI COSTAS BL IONAS EMANUEL SARFATY AGENT y 1962 J. A. ARANYl ETAL 3,

TYPOGRAPHICAL LINECASTING MACHINE GALLEY Filed May 4, 1961 3 Sheets-Sheet 3 saw -32 INVENTORS JANOS A. ARANYI COSTAS BLIONAS BY EMANUEL SARFATY AGENT atet 3,@4Z,l8 Patented July 3, 1962 3,042,189 TYPOGRAPHICAL LINECASTING MACHINE GALLEY Janos Alexander Aranyi and Costas Blionas, New York, and Emanuel Sarfaty, Brooklyn, N.Y., assignors t Harris-Intertype Corporation, Brooklyn, N.Y., a corporation of Delaware Filed May 4, 1961, Ser. No. 107,809 6 Claims. (Cl. 19961) This invention relates to typographical line casting machines and particularly to the galley of such machines which are operated automatically as by the well-known Teletypesetter operating unit.

It is common practice, when a number of line casting machines are operated automatically, to have a single person monitor several machinesin other words, see that tapes are feeding properly, remove slugs from the several machines and perform various other requirements to keep the machines operating smoothly and continuously. In recent times, the casting cycle of line casting machines has been increased to as much as fourteen lines of newspaper column slugs per minute thus making it increasingly difficult for a monitor to cover the same number of machines.

It is known to provide multiple shelves on a galley and to provide means whereby the operating unit will be stopped automatically when a galley is full at'which time the monitor may transfer the slugs to the secondary shelf on the galley or remove them. However, the presently known shelf arrangements do not provide any material benefit because it is necessary to service them as each column of slugs is completed.

According to the present invention, a two-shelf galley is provided whereby when one shelf of said galley becomes filled the galley slide thereof triggers a switch mechzu nism incorporated in the secondary shelf and thereby causes subsequent slugs to be automatically assembled on the secondary shelf until its capacity is reached at which time the operating unit is automatically shut off and a signal that the galley is full is activated.

In View of the foregoing, it is the principal object of the present invention to provide a multiple shelf galley on which the stacking of slugs will automatically shift to a secondary level when the primary level becomes filled.

A further object of the present invention is to provide a multiple shelf galley for automatically operated line casting machines wherein slugs will automatically and continuously be stacked on a plurality of shelves and automatically cause the operating unit to be shut off when the capacity of the galley has been reached.

A still further object of the present invention is to provide a multiple shelf galley for automatically operated line casting machines, whereby the multiple shelves of said galley will automatically and successively fill and, when the full capacity of the galley is reached, the operating unit will be automatically shut off and a signal will be activated to indicate that the galley is full and the casting operation has ceased.

Other objects and structural details will be apparent from the following description when read in conjunction with the accompanying drawings wherein:

FIGURE 1 is a front elevational view of a tape operated line casting machine equipped with the galley of the present invention.

FIGURE 2 is a fragmentary plan view, partly in section, of the galley of the present invention, showing the lower shelf of the galley filled and the switching mechanism thereof tripped to cause slugs to be stacked upon the upper shelf of the galley.

FIGURE 3 is a front elevational view in section taken on line 3-3 of FIGURE 2.

FIGURE 4 is a view similar to FIGURE 3 but showing the switch bar in retracted position whereby slugs will assemble at the lower level of the galley.

FIGURE 5 is an enlarged fragmentary view taken from the right, showing the switch bar tripping pin attached to the lower galley slide and in relation to the tripping cam of the switch bar.

FIGURE 6 is a fragmentary sectional View taken generally on the line 6-6 of FIGURE 2, showing the relationship between the upper-shelf galley slide and the operating unit automatic shut-off switch.

FIGURE 7 is a schematic view showing the electrical circuit of the present invention.

Referring to FIGURES 1 and 2, a galley 10, of the usual design having an upturned front lip 12 which serves as a shelf or rail against which slugs 14 rests as they are delivered to the galley, is mounted in the usual manner on a pair of galley brackets 16 and 18 which are rigidly attached to the line casting machine. A galley slide 29 (sometimes referred to as an angle piece), having a usual spring retaining clip, resiliently engages the lip 12 of the galley plate and is forced to the left as slugs 14 are pushed onto the plate by slug lever 24.

Referring particularly to FIGURES 2 and 5 an auxiliary galley rail 26 is attached to the galley plate parallel to lip 12 and far enough above it to clear a row of slugs thereon. This auxiliary rail may be attached in any desirable manner such as by spot welding, riveting, or removably as by keyhole slot fittings.

Referring to FIGURES 2, 3, 4 and 5, a retaining plate 28 is fastened in spaced relation to the upstanding lip of auxiliary galley rail 26 by rivets 30, 32 and 34 and spacers 36, 38 and 4t). Slidably mounted between rail 26 and retaining plate 28 is a switch bar 42 which is gravitationally supported upon spacers 36 and 40 which engage the upper surfaces of guide slots 44 and 46. The switch bar 42 is constantly biased toward the right by spring 48 which connects said bar to the rigidly mounted retaining plate 28 (FIGURE 2).

According to the preferred form of the present invention, the lower shelf of the galley is filled first. In order to accomplish this the switch bar 42 must be positioned to the left as shown in FIGURE 4 and held in such position by engagement of latching surface 50 of slot 44 in the latching bar 42 against the influence of spring 48.

As best shown in FIGURES 1 and 5, a switch-tripping pin 52 is fixedly supported in galley slide 20 and extends into the plane of switch bar 4-2 and is adapted, when galley slide 20 approaches its left-hand terminal position, to engage a cam surface 54 of switch bar 42 the left-hand end of which is thereby forced upwardly, as the slide 21) progresses to the left, until the latching surface 50 of slot 44 is stripped from spacer 36 whereupon spring 48 will drive the switch bar 42 to the right and thereby position its right-hand slug engaging lip 56 in the path of travel of slugs as they are ejected from the mold (not shown) onto the galley.

When lip 56 is in the path of the galley chute 57 of the line casting machine, ejected slugs will engage it and be thereby caused to be assembled on the auxiliary rail 26 against auxiliary slide 58 which is frictionally engaged to the auxiliary rail assembly by spring 60.

When auxiliary slide 58 reaches its left-hand terminal position, it will engage the roller of actuating arm 62 of micro-switch 64 which, in the present instance, is mounted upon a bracket 66 rigidly mounted upon galley bracket 16.

Referring to FIGURE 7, closing of the contacts of switch 64 will complete a circuit through clutch magnet 3 68 of the tape operating unit 70 (FIGURE 1) thus causing lever 72 of said unit to be rocked on its pivot 73 into line with the clutch disconnecting lug 74 thereof thus causing said unit to discontinue operation and consequently causing the linecasting operation to cease.

Still referring to FIGURE 7, closing of switch 64 when the galley of the present invention is full also completes a circuit through a signal lamp '76 which may be located upon the typesetting machine or at a location remote therefrom where it may be readily observed by a monitor. It is also to be understood that an audible signal could be wired in parallel to the signal lamp without departing from the spirit of the present invention.

Operation Referring to FIGURE 1, before activating the operating unit 70, slides 20 and 58 are manually set at their extreme right-hand positions and the switch bar 42 of the galley is manually positioned to the left as in FIGURE 4-. After the perforated tape has been inserted into the record reader mechanism of the operating unit 70, the start-stop control lever 78 of said unit is rotated to activate the tape sensing and feeding mechanism and subsequently cause the casting of typographical slugs. With the switch bar 42 positioned as in FIGURE 4, the cast slugs will be ejected through the galley chute 57 onto the galley 1d at the lower level thereof as defined by front lip 12. As each slug is delivered to the galley, it will be pushed to the left thereon by slug lever 24 against slide 20 which is frictionally engaged to lip 12 by spring 22.

When slide 20 nears its leftward limit of travel the switch-tripping pin 52, mounted therein, engages cam surface 54 of switch bar 42. As the slide continues its leftward movement its pin 52 will move horizontally against cam surface 54 thereby causing the left end of switch bar 42 to be raised until latching surface 50 of slot 44 therein is stripped from engagement with spacer 36 whereupon spring 48 will cause switch bar 42 to be shifted to the right to the position shown in FIGURES 2 and 3 whereat the left-hand end of switch bar 42 is cammed downwardly to a horizontal position and the slug engaging lip 56 of the switch bar is positioned across the galley chute passage 56.

After the automatic shifting of switch bar 42, subsequently ejected slugs will engage the lip 56 of said bar and be thereby caused to be pushed onto the auxiliary, rail 26 against slide 58. When the slide 58 reaches its leftward terminal point it engages the roller of the actuating arm 62 of micro-switch 64 which is thereby closed and completes an electrical circuit through signal light 76 and clutch magnet 68, of the operating unit which, through its usual operating unit linkage, causes the driving clutch thereof to become disconnected thus inactivating the sensing mechanism of said operating unit and consequently causing suspension of operation of the linecasting machine.

While there is above described but one embodiment of the present invention, it is possible to produce still other embodiments without departure from the inventive concept above disclosed and it is therefore desired that only such limitations shall be imposed on the appended claims as are stated therein or required by the prior art.

What is claimed is:

1. For a typographical linecasting machine, a slug accumulating galley having a primary shelf and a secondary shelf; individual galley slides for each shelf; a slug intercepting switch shiftably attached to one of said shelves and adapted when retracted to enable assembly of slugs on the other of said shelves; a trigger element attached to one of said slides and adapted when its associated shelf is filled with slugs, to a predetermined capacity, to cause said switch to be projected to its effective position to cause slugs to accumulate on the other of said shelves.

27 For a typographical linecasting machine, a slug receiving and storing galley having a lower shelf; an upper shelf; a lower slide; an upper shelf slide; a slug lever adapted to push cast slugs onto either of said shelves against the resistance of the respective slides; a slug intercepting switch shiftably attached to said upper shelf and normally inactive; a trigger attached to said lower shelf slide and adapted when said lower shelf is filled with slugs to cause said switch to be shifted to its active position whereby slugs will be caused to accumulate upon said upper shelf.

3. In a galley mechanism for typographical line-casting machines, the combination of a chute through which successively cast slugs are delivered; a shelf having an upwardly disposed lip adapted to receive said cast slugs edgewise from said chute; a slide resting upon said plate; a slug lever adapted to push said slugs along said plate against said slide and out of the path of said chute; an auxiliary shelf attached to said galley in a plane parallel to said shelf lip and clear of said slide and said chute; a slug intercepting switch element attached slidably to said auxiliary shelf and shiftable to position one of its extremities across said chute; said switch element being automatically shifted to its chute intercepting position when said lip defined shelf is filled to capacity; said slugs, when said switch is in its retracted position, being adapted to traverse said chute and accumulate against said lip; and said slugs, when said switch is in its advanced position, being disposed across said chute to cause said slugs to accumulate on said auxiliary shelf against an auxiliary slide.

4. In a typographical linecasting machine the combination of an automatic control unit for composing matrices in a line; a casting mechanism operable to produce type bars or slugs from composed lines; an ejector mechanism for delivering cast slugs through a chute onto a galley; said operating unit including a drive clutch and electrical control means for effecting disconnection of said clutch; a galley having a primary shelf and a secondary shelf for accumulating slugs; a primary slide and a secondary slide for said shelves; a shiftable switch element disposable in said chute; means cooperative between said primary slide and said switch element whereby when said primary slide reaches the end of the galley said switch element will be shifted across said chute whereupon succeeding slugs will accumulate on said secondary shelf against said secondary slide; an electrical switch having an actuating arm and roller disposed in the path of said auxiliary slide adjacent the end of the galley and adapted when said auxiliary slide engages said roller to complete a circuit through said electrical control means to effect disconnection of said operating unit clutch.

5. In a typographical linecasting composing machine the combination of an automatic operating unit which includes a driving clutch and electrical means for disconnection thereof; a two-shelf galley for accumulating cast slugs; a switch element associated with one of said shelves; means whereby the filling of one shelf with slugs will automatically effect shifting of said switch element to cause succeeding cast slugs to be accumulated on said second shelf; means adjacent the terminal end of said second shelf adapted, when second shelf becomes filled with slugs, to activate said electrical means to effect disconnection of said operating unit clutch.

6. The combination of claim 4 including a signal which will be activated when said clutch disengaging circuit is completed,

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